Avro Lancaster NF963
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This image is to
illustrate the type only and is not the actual aircraft involved.
Photo from wikimedia commons, original author Alan Wilson.
Belonging to No 550 Squadron RAF, crashed on 4th October 1944. The aircraft broke up in mid air and dove into the ground*.
*--Info from https://www.peakdistrictaircrashes.co.uk
This image is to illustrate the type only and is not the actual aircraft involved.
Public Domain,
(https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=751869.)
Belonging to 1658 Heavy Conversion Unit. Crashed on the night of 23rd/24th November 1943 after encountering severe weather while taking part in a night cross country training exercise. The investigation into the crash found that the aircraft had begun breaking up before it hit the ground and had lost it's port outer wing and both outboard engines. On the same night Halifax DT578 crashed into Great Whernside while taking part in the same exercise.(see here)
Info taken from:-https://www.yorkshire-aircraft.co.uk/
